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Old ELVIS movies on TCM this afternoon.....

kittymomNC — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:05:12 GMT

Turner Classic Movies is apparently having an old Elvis movie marathon this afternoon. I like to watch old classic movies like the ones with Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, etc., and was checking to see what was on.

The Elvis movies were nothing more than a showcase for his singing and to promote more records, but I could live with the silly story lines, bad acting, and bad special effects just to see him sing! I always loved his voice, and fell madly in love with him in the fifties when he first hit the big time!

After the movies, there is a 2-hour documentary about him just prior to his 1970 Las Vegas opening. As I got older and he got older, I thought how odd it is that so many men just get more handsome with each passing year. Women get prettier too, but not as much as men, IMO. I loved him in his thirties when he did his "comeback" concerts. I got to see him in person at concerts during that time period and then just a few months before he passed away. I was so sad to see the difference in him at the last concert I attended - he just didn't have the breath and the range and that smoothness to his voice that he had before.

I've lived many many years since I first saw him, but I still think he was probably the handsomest, secksiest man I've ever seen... probably number one, but at least in the top three! And I still absolutely love to listen to his records and watch videos and tapes of him. What a voice!

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luvmyteddy4 — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:22:00 GMT

I have been watching them all morning and was surprised I never saw one of them, the one with the Great Dane. They are pretty silly but who doesn't love Elvis. I saw him in 1971 for my birthday.

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June Lands — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:25:50 GMT

He was really one of a kind....so handsome, talented, unique.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:44:21 GMT

Happy Birthday, Elvis!

OMG - I have that first picture (with the guitar) on my bedroom wall. Love that pic. That was from the '68 Comeback Special, when he was his very MOST sexiest. (can I say that word here? - we'll see)

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kittymomNC — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:08:12 GMT

On 1/8/2015 chickenbutt said:
Happy Birthday, Elvis!

OMG - I have that first picture (with the guitar) on my bedroom wall. Love that pic. That was from the '68 Comeback Special, when he was his very MOST sexiest. (can I say that word here? - we'll see)

You got by with it! And I agree - that and the next two or three years. I can't remember which concert he did around 1969 or '70 in the blue jumpsuit, but that one and the one in the white jumpsuit from Hawaii - oh my! I have that '68 Comeback Special on a VHS tape that I recorded - I need to find it. I have several very special VHS tapes that I need to transfer over to DVD's - hope they're still okay.

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BeckiWV — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:14:33 GMT

It's too bad Col. Parker (so they say) wouldn't let Elvis take the part of Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie, a part actually based on Elvis' own drafting into the service.

He would have been a lot better in the part than the guy who actually played Birdie. I can't even remember his name but for me, at least, he is the very weak link in a movie with an otherwise very strong and well-known cast. Every time I see that movie, I keep thinking how much better Elvis would have been.

Elvis, even though trapped in ridiculous movies most of the time, was really a very fine actor as shown in some of his earlier, more dramatic roles, like King Creole.

That said, one of my favorite Elvis movies is the totally ridiculous Stay Away Joe. It always makes me laugh. I also really like Girl Happy and Viva Las Vegas.

One of my favorite Westerns is Rio Bravo and even though I love Ricky Nelson, every time I see it, I always wonder how Elvis would done in that role.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:16:27 GMT

On 1/8/2015 kittymomNC said:
On 1/8/2015 chickenbutt said:
Happy Birthday, Elvis!

OMG - I have that first picture (with the guitar) on my bedroom wall. Love that pic. That was from the '68 Comeback Special, when he was his very MOST sexiest. (can I say that word here? - we'll see)

You got by with it! And I agree - that and the next two or three years. I can't remember which concert he did around 1969 or '70 in the blue jumpsuit, but that one and the one in the white jumpsuit from Hawaii - oh my! I have that '68 Comeback Special on a VHS tape that I recorded - I need to find it. I have several very special VHS tapes that I need to transfer over to DVD's - hope they're still okay.

I'd forgotten - I'm pretty sure I also have '68 Comeback Special on VHS also. For me, THAT was it! That black leather jacket and those black leather pants! That hair! That beautiful face and voice. oh yeah *melting*

I wonder if they have it on DVD or Bluray now. I'd be up for that.

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kittymomNC — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:40:51 GMT

On 1/8/2015 chickenbutt said:
On 1/8/2015 kittymomNC said:
On 1/8/2015 chickenbutt said:
Happy Birthday, Elvis!

OMG - I have that first picture (with the guitar) on my bedroom wall. Love that pic. That was from the '68 Comeback Special, when he was his very MOST sexiest. (can I say that word here? - we'll see)

You got by with it! And I agree - that and the next two or three years. I can't remember which concert he did around 1969 or '70 in the blue jumpsuit, but that one and the one in the white jumpsuit from Hawaii - oh my! I have that '68 Comeback Special on a VHS tape that I recorded - I need to find it. I have several very special VHS tapes that I need to transfer over to DVD's - hope they're still okay.

I'd forgotten - I'm pretty sure I also have '68 Comeback Special on VHS also. For me, THAT was it! That black leather jacket and those black leather pants! That hair! That beautiful face and voice. oh yeah *melting*

I wonder if they have it on DVD or Bluray now. I'd be up for that.

I could melt just looking at those eyes and those eyelashes!

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LilacTree — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:04:37 GMT

He had a beautiful face, and a voice to match. It's such a shame that drugs ruined him in his youth. His last few years were so sad.

Yes . . . being a 50's girl, I fell in love also. "Heartbreak Hotel" was his first big hit. He's another one that there will never be another like him.

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Shelbelle — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:36:54 GMT

If ever in Memphis take the Graceland tour. I was never an Elvis fan, but the tour is wonderful.

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kittymomNC — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:22:17 GMT

I agree with BeckiWV, he was not that bad of an actor in some of his movies. But they didn't give him much opportunity to show it. I especially liked King Creole and Jailhouse Rock -- they had more of a story line and he could display a lot more emotion than the silly "musicals" they put him in.

"Heartbreak Hotel" is one of my favorites of his early songs. I remember someone telling me back in the early 60's that he was just another "here today and gone tomorrow" singer. I laughed at the guy who said that, and I was right!

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chickenbutt — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:43:09 GMT

On 1/8/2015 Shelbelle said:
If ever in Memphis take the Graceland tour. I was never an Elvis fan, but the tour is wonderful.

I was fortunate to be able to do the tour several years ago. I don't live anywhere near that part of the country so, when I went to visit somebody for a week, it was one thing I hoped to do even though it was a couple hours drive away.

I just loved it. I took so many pictures! I have to dig those out. I know I have them saved on an old hard drive and, probably, a CD.

The graves! :'( But the 'mansion' was amazingly cool. I was rather shocked at how big it was NOT. I guess I expected a huge mansion and, probably, for that time it was.

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sylviahomeatlast — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:47:49 GMT

that sounds like a lot of fun and memories! Unfortunately, I'm on my way out to do errands.

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SnowPink — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:49:04 GMT

His movies were pretty much all the same but different characters and settings. My mom LOVES Elvis and especially the movie Blue Hawaii. The only thing I remember about that movie is Angela Landsbury saying "Chadwiiiiick!"

We took a family vacation to Memphis several years ago and I was very underwhelmed by Graceland.

I do like some Elvis songs, but I'm certainly not enamored with him like some people in my mom's generation.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:28:30 GMT

On 1/8/2015 SnowPink said:
His movies were pretty much all the same but different characters and settings. My mom LOVES Elvis and especially the movie Blue Hawaii. The only thing I remember about that movie is Angela Landsbury saying "Chadwiiiiick!"

We took a family vacation to Memphis several years ago and I was very underwhelmed by Graceland.

I do like some Elvis songs, but I'm certainly not enamored with him like some people in my mom's generation.

I am surprised you were underwhelmed. the memorbelia in the basement was wonderful, seeing the house in its original decor also interesting. The plane and the graves in the back yard, we all found very interesting. I have been on many tours, this was one of my faves.

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SnowPink — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:37:35 GMT

My mom LOVES Elvis and even she was underwhelmed by Graceland.

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BeckiWV — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:39:51 GMT

On 1/8/2015 chickenbutt said:
On 1/8/2015 Shelbelle said:
If ever in Memphis take the Graceland tour. I was never an Elvis fan, but the tour is wonderful.

I was fortunate to be able to do the tour several years ago. I don't live anywhere near that part of the country so, when I went to visit somebody for a week, it was one thing I hoped to do even though it was a couple hours drive away.

I just loved it. I took so many pictures! I have to dig those out. I know I have them saved on an old hard drive and, probably, a CD.

The graves! :'( But the 'mansion' was amazingly cool. I was rather shocked at how big it was NOT. I guess I expected a huge mansion and, probably, for that time it was.

There was a guy on the radio today talking about Graceland and he also said that it was not a huge mansion.

I agree with you that probably for the time it was built it was big. I think Elvis grew up in a pretty small house, so maybe it was all the mansion he needed. If he had lived, he might moved up to something else by now.

The radio guy also said that seeing Graceland was really a tour worth taking.

I would just love to go see it.

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lulu2 — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:47:13 GMT

Elvis was one of those singers who never hit a bad note.

I LOVED Blue Hawaii and remember going to a matinee with my sister when we were in elementary school. We both wanted to move to Hawaii, or at the very least, get married there.

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bikerbabe — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:53:57 GMT

The comeback special wearing that black leather. OMG.

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HisElk — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 01:25:31 GMT

I found this posted on my facebook page. Hopefully, it works as I am so not good at this.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/photos/elvis-presley-years-28062991/image-28095147